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"Star Wars" director George Lucas, singer-songwriter Carole King and the Eagles will receive the Kennedy Center Honors in December, the center announced Wednesday. Other recipients are Oscar-winner Rita Moreno, Emmy-winner Cicely Tyson and conductor Seiji Ozawa. CBS will present a special of the event Dec. 29. The choices should make for an entertaining program on what is television's classiest awards show. Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein said in a statement: "Quite simply, our Honorees represent the voices, soundtracks and stories of our personal lives and memories. The music of the Eagles has endured as the quintessential American rock and roll sound...

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